Community Matters
New Possibilities for Mental HealthA passionate advocate for mental health in underserved communities confronts the question, “Why don’t more black people go to treatment, and why don’t... Read more
VIDEO: The Self-Compassion Approach to Trauma Treatment
Creative Strategies That Dig DeeperIt’s important to honor all of your client’s inner parts in therapy. But accessing them to fully engage in healing work isn’t always easy. Here, trauma... Read more
My Nightmare Client, My Greatest Gift
Sometimes Our "Worst" Clients Are Our Best TeachersMy young client, Brian, can reduce even confident mid-life adults to an infantile puddle, one provocative comment at a time. He's a therapist's nightmare... Read more
VIDEO: Richard Schwartz on Healing Our Wounded Inner Parts
The Originator of IFS on Helping Clients Awaken Self-HealingInternal Family Systems (IFS) has allowed therapists to awaken the capacity for deep self-healing within even their most troubled clients. In this video clip... Read more
How Do I Bring Up My Client’s Rigid Perfectionism?
Five Clinicians Weigh InA client sees his perfectionism as an advantage, even though it ramps up his anxiety, exacerbates his sense of shame, and keeps him living a very rigid life... Read more